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Digital City 115: Super Bowl ads, the Xoom tablet's sticker shock

This week, we recap the best and worst high-tech ads from the Super Bowl, then debate the surprisingly high price of the Xoom tablet, and play some more tech trivia games with the chat room.

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Watch this: Ep. 115: Super Bowl ads; the Xoom tablet's sticker shock; and more tech trivia

This week we recap the best and worst high-tech ads from the Super Bowl, then debate the surprisingly high price of the Xoom tablet. There's plenty of media news as well, with The Daily launching for the iPad and AOL picking up the Huffington Post.

Finally, we play another round of our new tech trivia game, with Joey, Scott, and Julie playing to win prizes for chat room participants. Tune in live every week at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT for your chance to play. The game is new, and doesn't have a proper name yet, but we're thinking of calling it Office Dummies, after our favorite Twitter feed.

Bonus: You can download the show's theme song as a free MP3 here for a limited time!

Related links:
>> Wait, the Motorola Xoom is $800?
>> Can The Daily for iPad survive?
>> AOL joins forces with HuffPo

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